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Overview of Mental Capacity Assessments
Geriatrics & Aging, 11/10/09

Silberfeld M – The requests for mental capacity assessments are increasing in number and variety. It is incumbent upon those who perform these assessments to ensure that they properly understand mental capacity. Mental capacity has a legal policy framework and is linked to specific legal criteria for capacity. Doing mental capacity assessments means understanding both the framework in which those assessments are carried out and the task of coming to a legally meaningful opinion.

A brief metacognition questionnaire for the elderly: comparison with cognitive performance and informant ratings the Cache County Study
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 10/20/09 Relevance Score: 92%

Behavioral Indicators of Postoperative Pain in Older Adults With Delirium
Clinical Nursing Research, 10/12/09 Relevance Score: 92%

Identification of cognitive impairment and mental illness in elderly homeless men: Before and after access to primary health care
Canadian Family Physician, 11/16/09 Relevance Score: 90%

Community-Based Mental Health Service Utilization Among Low-Income Latina Immigrants
Community Mental Health Journal, 10/13/09 Relevance Score: 90%

Older Adults Seeking Mental Health Counseling in a NORC
Research on Aging, 10/05/09 Relevance Score: 90%